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amateur artist. amateur academic. professional dilettante.
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Sullivan, B. (2024). Case-by-Case: Most Sound Recording Copyright Assignments Should be Terminable.
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Sullivan, B. (2024). Case-by-Case: Most Sound Recording Copyright Assignments Should be Terminable.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6nz6s5bk
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There is a straight line from the failure of Reconstruction to "We don't need to count everyone's vote in the 2000 election" to "People from places like Madison & Milwaukee aren't real Wisconsinites & shouldn't have their votes count" to "ICE can murder people in cold blood in our cities."
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
There is a straight line from the failure of Reconstruction to "We don't need to count everyone's vote in the 2000 election" to "People from places like Madison & Milwaukee aren't real Wisconsinites & shouldn't have their votes count" to "ICE can murder people in cold blood in our cities."
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Yeah this is EXACTLY what they did after killing Silverio Villegas González here.
The ICE agents who killed him walked around the scene, picked up dropped gear and a magazine, holstered their weapons, and then one drove their car away.
Cops helped them out and never even asked their names.
The ICE agents who killed him walked around the scene, picked up dropped gear and a magazine, holstered their weapons, and then one drove their car away.
Cops helped them out and never even asked their names.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "I don't know. You kill a man and then you just leave? You're law enforcement and you just leave? Is there a single case in American history where you just, like, walk away and say, 'I guess that just happened and we're not going to clean up our mess'?"
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Yeah this is EXACTLY what they did after killing Silverio Villegas González here.
The ICE agents who killed him walked around the scene, picked up dropped gear and a magazine, holstered their weapons, and then one drove their car away.
Cops helped them out and never even asked their names.
The ICE agents who killed him walked around the scene, picked up dropped gear and a magazine, holstered their weapons, and then one drove their car away.
Cops helped them out and never even asked their names.
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One thing pritzker and others like him have shown is that you don't need to be a flaming radical to be functional at your role, whether that's as a politician, elite media or civil society institutions. Part of what has got us here is this has been the exception and not the rule among liberal elite
January 24, 2026 at 8:12 PM
One thing pritzker and others like him have shown is that you don't need to be a flaming radical to be functional at your role, whether that's as a politician, elite media or civil society institutions. Part of what has got us here is this has been the exception and not the rule among liberal elite
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
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Very cool that Congress just renewed ICE's budget with absolutely zero concessions
January 24, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Very cool that Congress just renewed ICE's budget with absolutely zero concessions
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On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
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Drug-testing labs typically report results in black and white: positive or negative.
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Drug-testing labs typically report results in black and white: positive or negative.
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
But a little-known fact about the industry is that those results are often based on standards that are wholly discretionary.
Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/3Nce5Ma
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Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.”
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show.
(Published December 2025)
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19/ To summarize: Pamela Paul, a racist and a transphobe who shaped the books biz for YEARS, has written an essay w no evidence proving there is a "growing divide" about trans rights amongst LGBTQ ppl. The WSJ publishing shoddy journalism is not just a disservice to trans ppl but the entire public.
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
19/ To summarize: Pamela Paul, a racist and a transphobe who shaped the books biz for YEARS, has written an essay w no evidence proving there is a "growing divide" about trans rights amongst LGBTQ ppl. The WSJ publishing shoddy journalism is not just a disservice to trans ppl but the entire public.
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once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
Oregon governor Tina Kotek, a gay woman, is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor a podcaster who said gay people should be stoned to death.
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
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More of that Big Strong Army Men Stomping Out Urban (ahem) Disorder that you just know the base love so much. The psychology of this ain't particularly subtle imo.
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
More of that Big Strong Army Men Stomping Out Urban (ahem) Disorder that you just know the base love so much. The psychology of this ain't particularly subtle imo.
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The government is tyrant-maxing. It’s giving despot
The New York Times uses the word “maximalist” because it’s afraid to use the word “dictatorship.”
August 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The government is tyrant-maxing. It’s giving despot
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We are now in an era of technosocial politics where data, ML models, AI etc aren’t just reproducing biases through inattention & lack of oversight; the fascist right is actually well read on this subject, knows how these systems work, and is using them to bake in their explicit biases intentionally
“We are getting rid of woke. The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models,” President Trump said in a speech on Wednesday.
Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech
The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan.
wrd.cm
July 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are now in an era of technosocial politics where data, ML models, AI etc aren’t just reproducing biases through inattention & lack of oversight; the fascist right is actually well read on this subject, knows how these systems work, and is using them to bake in their explicit biases intentionally
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Society if Lina Khan had been allowed to continue pursuing her long term goal of collaborating with her international counterparts to use antitrust law creatively to curb corporate power & force them to pay their fair share of taxes.
an artist 's impression of a futuristic city with flying vehicles
ALT: an artist 's impression of a futuristic city with flying vehicles
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July 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Society if Lina Khan had been allowed to continue pursuing her long term goal of collaborating with her international counterparts to use antitrust law creatively to curb corporate power & force them to pay their fair share of taxes.
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Our developmental pediatric clinic has already had multiple families cancel appointments for autism evaluations due to fears of their children ending up in this database. 😞
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Our developmental pediatric clinic has already had multiple families cancel appointments for autism evaluations due to fears of their children ending up in this database. 😞
EP 2 released at the start of 2025.
March 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
EP 2 released at the start of 2025.